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AN ACT relating to federal law enforcement officers as peace officers in this state 1
and declaring an emergency. 2
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 3
Section 1. KRS 61.365 is amended to read as follows: 4
[The following persons who are employed by the federal government as ]Law 5
enforcement or investigative officers of the United States Mint Police of the United 6
States Department of the Treasury who have the power of arrest and who are residents 7
of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be deemed peace officers and shall have the 8
same powers and duties of any other peace officer in the Commonwealth, except that 9
they shall not be required to serve process unless permitted to do so by their respective 10
agencies. The authority granted under this section shall be limited as follows: 11
[(1) Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents; 12
(2) United States Secret Service special agents; 13
(3) United States Marshal's service deputies; 14
(4) Drug Enforcement Administration special agents; 15
(5) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agents; 16
(6) United States Forest Service special agents and law enforcement officers; 17
(7) Special agents and law enforcement officers of the Office of the Inspector General 18
of the United States Department of Agriculture; 19
(8) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents; 20
(9) United States National Park Service law enforcement rangers; and 21
(10) United States Mint Police of the United States Department of the Treasury:] 22
(1)[(a)] On the portion of United States Highway 31W that is located within the 23
borders of the Fort Knox Military Reservation; 24
(2)[(b)] Within a local jurisdiction, upon the written request of the head of the local 25
law enforcement agency identifying a specific event and time frame for which 26
assistance is requested; and 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 324
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(3)[(c)] Within the Commonwealth, upon the written request of the commissioner of 1
the Department of Kentucky State Police identifying a specific event and time 2
frame for which assistance is requested. 3
Section 2. Whereas it is in the interest of the citizens of the Commonwealth of 4
Kentucky to restrict the existing and constantly developing increase of federal overreach 5
without sufficient oversight, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Act takes effect 6
upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise becoming a law. 7